Resolutions honor Wilbur Fink Sanders of Montana
United States Circuit Court resolutions praise Wilbur Fink Sanders pioneer lawyer and statesman of Montana. They recount his roles from Bannack to Helena, his public service in the Montana bar and education support, and his leadership in codifying state laws and promoting the public library and Wesleyan university. The resolutions note his death left a deep debt to the bar and state.
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Territory
Montana
Bannack
Sanders
Senate of the
United States
Bar Association
Historical
Society of Montana
Helena
Wesleyan University
Wilbur Fink Sanders
Professon
Fearon
Bar
Commonwealth
Iflictea
Tribute to Wile Fisk Sanders in Montana history
Judge Henry N. Blake reads a tribute to Wile Fisk Sanders, a Montana lawyer and orator. The address recalls his Civil War service, law career starting in Bannack, leadership against mobs, political activity, and role in education, the Historical Society of Montana, and Sanders County’s creation.
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Henry N. Blake
Gir Sproule
Wile
Fisk Sanders
Montana
Acta
Cicero
Republic
Sanders
Ohio
Memorial tribute to Wilbur Fisk Sanders in Montana
The text honors Wilbur Fisk Sanders, praising steadfast courage during a long illness that blighted his health yet did not mute his devotion to veterans and public service. It notes his March election as commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in Montana for the year and his role in memorial day observances, ending with a solemn homage to his strength and character.
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Aldergulch
Montana
Sanders
Food Citizens
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Montana
Patriotic Order
Merial
Wilbur Fisk Sanders
Talin
Secretary rules on isolated tracts and soldiers scripts
Special dispatch from Helena notes Secretary Hitchcock has ruled that the 80 acre aggregate limit under the land laws does not bar entries under soldiers additional scrip or military bounty land warrants, and that isolated tracts may be taken up even after acquiring public land titles. The ruling overturns a prior interpretation by the land office commissioner that restricted such entries.
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Standard
Helena
Interor
Hitchcock
Collins Land Company
Congress
General Land Office
Wool sales near Billings bring steady prices
Growers sold about 1500 pounds of wool at Billings on July 18, with prices near 23 to 24 cents per pound for large lots. Jeremiah Williams Co. bought 22,000 pounds at 23 1/2 cents, Wilcock & Cordingley 4,000 pounds at 23 1/2 cents, Willey Co. 18,080 pounds at 21 1/2 cents, and others purchased 4,000 pounds at 2 1/2 per hundred. A correction: Fraser Bros. 8,000 pounds was actually bought at 2 cents per pound, not 25 cents as previously reported.
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Billings
Carville & Davis
Jeremiah Williams & Co
E. S. May
John Lucas
Wilcock & Cordingley
HB. Dolenty
Willey Co
Jeremiah Millame & Co
H. B. Bar
George Lee
Justice, Bateman & Co
Fraser Broa
Butte man lands heating contract for school building
Boulder July 15 A local board of trustees of the state school for the deaf and blind opened bids for heating and plumbing in the unfinished feeble minded building. W J Killeen of Butte won the contract for 6559 dollars amid bids from A J Walter and W J Killeen Butte Adams Heating Helena and Seattle Heating Seattle.
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Standard
Boulder
State School For the Deaf and Blind
A. J. Walter
W. J. Killeen
Butte
Adams
Appleton House Burned In Lenox Massachusetts Fire
A summer residence named the Appleton house in Lenox burned down today. It was owned by Anson Phelps Stokes of New York and occupied by Erle G. Dahlgren of New York. The loss is estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Lenox
Mass
Appleton
Anson Phelps Stokes
New York
Erle G. Dahlgren
Prominent Dealers Involved In Kansas City Fraud Case
Grand jury indicted William A. Towers a noted cattleman and weighmasters Carl H. Righmler Bruce Reichel and Charles Wiggins at Kansas City stockyards on charges of fraud They allegedly diverted 20000 from a Kansas City brokerage by a cattle herd loan in Bent County Colorado and claimed a herd of 2000 head The indictments accuse the weighmasters and traders Cyrus Van J J Miller Henry Nichols A J Judy and George M Wright of conspiring to defraud cattle dealers via weights and overweights linking to William A Towers George M Casey and Salmon bank figures and the Casey family prior to Casey’s death and the Clinton bank affair.
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Kansas City
William A. Towers
Carl H. Righmler
Bruce Reichelforfer
Charles Wiggins
Towers
Bent County
Colo
Cyrus van
J. J. Miller
Henry Nichols
A. J. Judy
George M. Wright
Fim
Van
George M. Casey
Thomas M. Casey
Salmon Bank
Clinton Bank
Patrick Carney Leases Jefferson County Mines
Patrick Carney of Butte files at the county recorder leasing the G G and Sarah Jane and Wolf Tone mines on Jack Creek for 16 months at 90000 dollars with 15 percent royalty on smelter returns. Lessees include J A Stromberg John Jackson A J Mullan and Charles Flood. The property lies near the Bullion mines owned by Cataract Copper Mining Co managed by M L Hewett of Basin who recently in London sold mining rock at a good price.
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Stannara
Telegraphers Strike Less Probable in Spokane
Spokane July 15 Advices indicate no more meetings between Northern Pacific officials and railway telegraphers until Monday when union requests are to be put in writing. The likelihood of a strike appears to be decreasing though the union insists on reinstating certain discharged men.
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Spokane
Wash
Northern Pacific
Annual Conference of Charities Opens in Portland
The thirty-second annual conference of charities gathered at the First Presbyterian church in Portland Oregon with welcomes from Rabbi 8 Weiss Beth Israel George E Chamberlain of Oregon and Mayor Dr Harry Lane. Governor Johan A Johnson of Minnesota who was expected to respond did not deliver the address and President Samuel G Smith spoke at the evening session.
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Portland
Ore
Charities
First Presbyterian Church
Weiss Beth
Smith
Reorganization Plan Touted By Chicago Teamsters Union
Ontcago July 19. Reorganized teamsters along conservative lines will be proposed at the forthcoming convention of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Helpers. The plan would curb strikecalling powers of general officers and vest the authority in a referendum. Chicago drives the push for this proposed reorganization.
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Ontcago
Teamsters
International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Helpers
Chicago
Motion Overruled in Mitchell Land Fraud Case
Portland July 18 United States Senator John Hipple Mitchell had his motion for a new trial overruled by Judge De Haven in the land fraud case. The court declined to arrest judgment and left intact prior juror instructions and admitted testimony, noting no error in instructions or verdict basis. Attorneys asked for a week to file a bill of exceptions and trial records.
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Portland Ore
United States
John Hipple Mitchell
Yrugment
de Haven
Bellinger
Heney
Mitchell
Malaria Poison Described and a Remedy Promoted
The article explains malaria arising from marshy air and contaminated water, detailing symptoms like chills and fever and potential severe organ effects. It promotes S. S. S. as a purifying blood medicine that supposedly destroys malaria germs and strengthens circulation, with testimonial notes from users and an Atlanta company imprint.
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S. S
SWIFT
Atlanta
Poisoning Suspect Jealous Lover Charged in Farm Well Case
Owatonna Minnesota July 15 a young woman eight under arrest charged with putting poison into a farm well belonging to G L Johnson and with mailing a package of strychnine to Mrs Lundstrum a schoolteacher. Prosecution says she loved a neighbor and wanted rid of the widow. The orange sent to the teacher failed but the well water was found to contain lethal poison before any harm occurred.
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Owatonna
Minn
Hida Johnon
Poinson
G. L. Johnson
Lundatrum
Johnson
Mise Johnson
Lundstrum
Red Lodge Trip Hinges On Fat City Team Baseball Match
The Billings team of baseball players will travel to Red Lodge on July 19 to face a fat City squad. A large excursion will accompany them for the outing.
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Billings
Billings Sims’eam
Red Lodge
Fat City
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